Vemulawada Bheemakavi

Vemulawada Bhima alias 'Vemulawada Bheemakavi' was a Telugu poet in the 11th century AD.

Early life According to the 1829 book 'Biographical Sketches of Dekkan Poets '

He travelled to different foreign countries, such as Karnata, Maharatta, Sajanagar (near Peddapuram, East Godavari district which was ruled by Kalingas and Eastern Chalukyas or Vengi Chalukyas).

He was also referred to as Vemulawada, Vemulaada, Lemulawada, and Lemulaada Bheema kavi. The above four names are colloquial names of Vemulawada, Karimnagar district in modern times.

Nizam Andhra Sabha In memory of Bheemakavi, the Nizam Andhra Sabha of 1935 organized in Sircilla called the venue of the meeting as 'Bhima Kavi Nagar'.

Literature He lived after Nannayya Bhatta and prior to Tikkanna. He composed many poetic works in the Chaatuvu style. He is known to have written Raghava Pandeeveeyam, Nrusimha Puranam which are not available. He is also known for his work Kavijanasrayam, a prosody which is now ruled out to be written by him.